In an age where reverence of network news is at an all-time low, the level of introspection at these networks is even lower.
Recently; Vox, an even more left leaning outlet than CNN, ridiculed some aspects of how CNN covers news. Vox made some valid points about how CNN dramatizes the news in a manner which seemingly mimics sports coverage, (albeit a behavior true of all news networks.) And then they went on to criticize CNN, I kid you not, for inviting people who support Trump onto their network to speak. (Video below) You see, in their warped mindset, the liberal-anti-Trump perspective is so very right and the Trump perspective is so very wrong on each and every issue, that CNN permitting someone on air to expound on the wrong side of the debate is downright television treason.
Video courtesy of Vox
Vox would prefer to hear just one side of a debate, their side. It is worth noting that an overwhelming majority of the anchors, correspondents, and paid analysts on CNN are anti-Trump. A typical panel, as seen in this website’s last post, is outrageously one-sided.
The ironic reality that Vox couldn’t comprehend is that CNN brings lone Trump supporters on air to serve as punching bags for gangs of folks supporting the liberal Trump-hating side of every story. The daily routine CNN employs, entails lining up full panels of pundits, along with anchors serving as ringleaders, to laugh at the solitary Trump supporters and cheer their like-minded compadres who mock and deride anything these Trump whipping boys and girls say. If we distill the Vox vs CNN conflict down to the core, it’s two divergent philosophical positions on how best to manipulate an audience. Does the network show the audience only their favored side of the story, or does the network systematically rip apart the other side of the story with sheer numbers of one-sided punditry and good old-fashioned bullying? Thomas Jefferson would be proud either way.
Now for the saddest part. Whose criticism will CNN listen to? The entire right side of the American public begging for fair coverage or the minuscule fringe left, like Vox, that is too liberal for even CNN? I’ll give you a hint, throw reason and logic out the door.